Question: Who was the Deputy Attorney General of US who quitted his office on April 30,2019?
(a) John Bolton
(b) Jim Mattis
(c) Rod Rosenstein
(d) Dick Cheney
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
(a) John Bolton
(b) Jim Mattis
(c) Rod Rosenstein
(d) Dick Cheney
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
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- US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who looked over the special counsel inquiry into President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, resigned from his post on April 30 2019.
- He had a burdened working relationship with US President Donald Trump.
- He will step down on 11 May in a departure that had been expected for months.
- Rosenstein announced his departure with a six-paragraph mini-lecture on the importance of respect for the rule of law, and of a justice department free from political influence.
- Rosenstein was appointed by Republican President George W Bush.
Mueller Report:
- It was Rod who chose Special Counsel Robert Mueller to lead the Russia interference probe and protected him from political intrusion.
- Then attorney general Jeff Sessions rescued himself from overseeing the investigation and left Rosenstein in charge.
- This led to make Rosenstein effectively the only buffer between Mueller and the White House.
- This was an even more crucial position to be held when the investigation started while examiningwhether Trump himself had obstructed justice by firing Comey and then trying to have Mueller sacked from the job.
- He remained in the job for a longer time to help Barr in managing a redacted public release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
- He had been expected to resign in March following the appointment of William Barr as attorney general.
- The report cleared the Trump campaign of conspiring with Russia to sway the 2016 election, but did not exonerate the president of obstruction of justice.
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